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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get […]
Social Work Chats
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker Join us on Twitter at 8 pm EST to discuss PTST in veterans and the use of MDMA (ecstasy) in treatment. Laura Reed Goodson (@reedtome) will be our guest. To participate use #swunited. Questions to the moderator can be sent to @swhelpercom. You can learn […]
Make Your Voice Heard
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker It has been a very difficult day for many. 26 innocent people, 20 children and 6 adults, shot dead in Connecticut. We still do not have all the facts but it is clear that we need to do something about the lax gun laws in this […]
New Site For The New Year
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker A few weeks back I mentioned that The Political Social Worker would be moving to self hosting and getting a make over. Here is a sneak peek of the new site. When you can take a look and let me know what you think. A […]
Update: SCOTUS Will Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker On Friday the Supreme Court of The United States announced that it will hear two cases relating to same-sex marriage. The court will hear the case on California’s Prop 8 and one of the cases, Windsor v. United Sates, on the constitutionality of the […]
Originally posted on Classroom to Capitol:
See? For-profit corporations get this. It’s an axiom these days: Nonprofit organizations should operate ‘more like a business’. The people/donors/media/policymakers who advise this are seldom very specific about what this corporate approach would really look like for social service agencies. I mean, it’s not like the for-profit world has…
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up (But You’ll Wish Someone Had)
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker Mother Jones breaks down Americas 50 Worst State Legislatures. Did you know Georgia passed a resolution recognizing March 30-April 4th as WrestleMania Appreciation Week? And that was one of the brighter moments on the list.
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